Star Reinette

Apple

Origin/History

A Belgian apple.

Tree

Vigorous and productive.

Fruit

Size: Medium.

Form: Roundish, ribbed at apex end.

Skin: Washed and shaded with red; distinct white dots.

Flesh: White, tender, subacid.

Stem, Cavity, Calyx, Basin, Core, and Seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

USDA Nomenclature (1905)

From W.H. Ragan, Nomenclature of the Apple, USDA Bulletin No. 56

From Album de Pomologie.

View original book sources (1)

Star Reinette. Reinette Etoile. Calville Etoile. A Belgian Apple. Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit medium, roundish, ribbed at apex end, washed and shaded with red, distinct white dots. Flesh white, tender, subacid. November. (Alb Pom.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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